Wednesday, June 25, 2008

2 poppies

This is a field poppy we bought in a wild flower seed mix. Of the original flowers in the mix this is the only one that reseeded every year for 5 years.

The first of the California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) to bloom this year. Of the two flowers blooming now they both look like the common yellow orange California poppies despite my buying a mixed color 'Thai Silk' seed packet. I guess the crenelated folding of the petals is supposed to resemble silk cloth?

I'm afraid I'm not current with the different varieties of Deutzias. I saw 'Nikko' at a local nursery and thought it looked quite nice so I bought it. So far it's more of a sprawler but is just what we needed in a particular site. Sorry I can't help more than that.